'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎58r] (120/748)

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SECRET & PERSOT'Al.
•P&eacctyaaifyte <5%>lce* in. &an,
MiitfOkn,
28th. March 1938.
Dear DeG.,
This is^ just a very snort note to convey my respects to you and
to let you know that I have once more returned to the countrv of mv
adoption. I find that ”1" Branch has undergone considerable changes
during tne past three years, and that Dhibban is by no means the
ideal operational centre for a job which demands varied and continuous
external contacts. At the moment I feel very much the stranger in a
strange land, and I would give much to have you back as the confidant
and friend m the o,.d house at Baghdad North!
y-p• 1 . na °' a f leas ^ nt journey out, and stayed for a short period with
Jimmy in Cairo, ana ior a further 10 days with the Teague family in
Jerusalem. This, in a way, was unfortunate as it left me with the
impresston that the machine still functioned on the old, accepted lines
Dhiboan ever-so-new, nasty, inaccessible, and sanitary - came as a
great snock also ^perceived, on further investigation^ that there was
out little _exb ox the original "I" mechanism. I have Pat here with hp
so some form of re-constructional work may be possible but the fut k
mrkuie l bo°wle°.Vtk't t ’' al 1' 1 ,7 getting Mat I hLded "e:
y 11 00,/J - 8 - ,lai at the Air Ministry before anybody asked me for it,
, is little news of interest from distant Baghdad. The
ratification of the ’Iraq-’Iran Trpptv , iile
Annao+tr " r o-; t i 4 .i , ^ ^ 6cXy, and tne passing 01 the recent /
Amnesty Bill tnrougn the Senate both looked os thou b thpir ■’
used as levers for the overthrowing n t *71 tlley lal e ht oe
but With the nr-oeff W lfe 01 ^ unpopular Madf'ai Cabinet,
f ’ , opposition in its present nebulous state and iiuri un-iv e
to make up his mind whether he was a spent bul.et or a stir 7
potential dynamite in the 'Iraqi political wnrlh to ^ v °f
survivp i +io 4 4.1 ; x poiiuicai world, they managed to
numbered f TBi h yS ° f the aadf,ai administration are
Pending his return fhe^f-t f Oairo . for an indefinite period and,
opeoulnti . ’ ri , Political situation remains (as ever)
you shudder at the^bul^nf 1 ^ 1 ex i ,ect > in your more cleanly Kuwait,
our political press in Baghdad.^ len WaShed UP ’ bUt neTer 0Ufc ’ by
Pat
interest
the Embas
recently
this may
about. I
would li_
t™ ht -7 at the enclosed press translations might be of
ev Jf ’ cefk haV f n0t alread y seen them. 1 understand from
sL™ 1 n f \ °'i the ' Irao - i Political group have
, ” ' nuoiial degree oi interest in Kuwait and its people-
LToo°new 10 f P f n : ArabiSt feelin S and not worth bothering’
e " B ? rfB '° express a Personal opinion, but, if you
0 US do do a little research work through our wood-pif and